单词 | recumbent |
释义 | recumbent (once / 4764 pages) adj Bikes on which you recline rather than sit upright are recumbent. Recumbent means leaning back in a reclining position. Recumbent starts like recline, which is an easy way to remember it. Your dad's position in his favorite La-Z-Boy reclining chair? Recumbent. Your position when you lay back on lounge chair at the pool? Also recumbent — and in both cases, these are both positions of comfort. WORD FAMILYrecumbent: recumbently+/recumb: recumbent USAGE EXAMPLESThere was time on the treadmill; then, he would do rounds on the recumbent bike. Washington Times(Dec 10, 2016) He brought a stationary recumbent bicycle with him on the road. Washington Post(Nov 28, 2016) I do HIIT, 45 seconds of all out followed by 4 minutes of moderate speed on a recumbent stationary bike. New York Times(Oct 26, 2016) adj lying down; in a position of comfort or rest Syn accumbent, decumbent unerect not upright in position or posture |
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